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pipeline

AFP: “Pipeline” or “Pipe,” is a surf reef break located in Hawaii, off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea on O’ahu’s North Shore. Pipeline is notorious for huge waves which break in shallow water just above a sharp and cavernous reef, forming large, hollow, thick curls of water that surfers can tube ride.

Police used beanbags, pepper spray gas and a high-pitched siren to disperse the crowd. Protesters lit tires and debris on fire and threw Molotov cocktails. The remaining protesters were pushed to another encampment miles away.